Today’s Headlines

7:45 AM PDT on May 8, 2018

Bike bridge to "test" 24-hour access (SF Chronicle)
Caltrain considers a fare hike (San Mateo Daily Journal)
Sharks sue over BART extension to downtown San Jose because they were promised parking (SFgate)
Republican candidates are counting on the gas tax repeal to lift all their boats (LA Times) (Press Enterprise)
Breakdown of what San Diego's $41m transit award will go towards (MTS)
Advice for transit agencies facing autonomous vehicle hype (TransitCenter)
There will be no exit from California's housing hell (CityLab)
The pleasure and pain of being California, according to the New York Times
Lovin' those vintage bikes in Long Beach (ABC)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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